--- title: Jeremiah 8:12 (JPS 1917) — They shall be put to shame because they have committed abomination;… · tree and pragmatics description: They shall be put to shame because they have committed abomination; yea, they are not at all ashamed, neither know they how to blush; therefore shall they fall among them that fall, in the time of their visitation they shall stumble, saith the LORD. Who acts: men, LORD. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men, LORD), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:JER:251 # text = They shall be put to shame because they have committed abomination; yea, they are not at all ashamed, neither know they how to blush; therefore shall they fall among them that fall, in the time of their visitation they shall stumble, saith the LORD. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 11 abomination abomination NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 13 yea yea INTJ UH _ 20 discourse _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 all all ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 23 cc _ _ 23 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 25 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 blush blush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 33 among among ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 visitation visitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 stumble stumble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 parataxis _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | shall · passive | | men *= man* | | | | to shame | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 2 | **commit** | present · perfect | men *= man* | abomination | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent abomination=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | men *= man* | | | | | all, ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | present | men *= man* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **blush** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fall** | shall | men *= man* | | | | | among Peace; therefore *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme among they=Location | | 7 | **fall** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **stumble** | shall | men *= man* | | | | time | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **visit** | | men *= man* | | | | | | nom visitation «event transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} הֹבִ֕שׁוּ כִּ֥י תוֹעֵבָ֖ה עָשׂ֑וּ גַּם־בּ֣וֹשׁ לֹֽא־יֵבֹ֗שׁוּ וְהִכָּלֵם֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ לָכֵ֞ן יִפְּל֣וּ בַנֹּפְלִ֗ים בְּעֵ֧ת פְּקֻדָּתָ֛ם יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ס [Jeremiah 8:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.8.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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